Coe-Brown FBLA chapter at state conference

Thursday

May 15, 2014 at 3:15 AM

MANCHESTER — Members of the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy chapter of Future Business Leaders of America, along with their advisor Dr. JoAnn Zylak, attended the recent 2014 FBLA State Leadership Conference, at the Center of NH Radisson Hotel in Manchester.

FBLA president Shannon Mommsen of Deerfield was nominated to Who’s Who in FBLA The chapter also received the Honorary Chapter Award for outstanding activities and events throughout the year. The chapter award for SPRAAK (Students Participating in Random Acts of Kindness) went to members Meredith Roman of Strafford and Brittany Guillemette of Northwood.

The students competed in a number of different areas during the course of the conference. Their results were as follows:

Holly Donohue of Strafford took first place in business procedures; Brittany Guillemette of Northwood placed second in Business Math; Kendra Gagnon of Strafford placed second in Business Calculations. Shannon Mommsen (Deerfield) and Kasey Cole of Barrington placed second in Hospitality Management. Other students competed in the following areas: Bianca Ketenci of Strafford in Help Desk; Caleb Bernier (Candia) in Sports Management; Meredith Roman (Strafford) in Computer Problem Solving; Patrick Marie (Northwood) in Sports Management; Taylor Bowden (Northwood) in Job Interview; Scott McGibbon (Northwood) in Business Calculations. Students also attended a number of business leadership workshops as part of the convention.

In addition, the CBNA FBLA chapter is also involved in service projects such as collecting can tabs to help defray medical cost for ill children, selling candy to donate money for scholarships, collecting for the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Autism and the March of Dimes. The chapter participates annually in the annual walk for Multiple Sclerosis and, with the help of member Alec Schleich, participated in the Become an Organ Donor Campaign during the course of this year. CBNA’s FBLA chapter also recently celebrated Law Day, sponsored by the NH Bar Association, by hosting Attorney Christine Haydinger who presented a program centered on Teen Dating Violence.

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